Author: blass uri
Date: 14:14:10 02/10/99
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On February 10, 1999 at 16:13:34, Matt Frank wrote: >On February 09, 1999 at 12:50:31, Mark Schreiber wrote: > >>If your machine will be playing at a higher level than the machine that played >>Anand, then you should play a GM with a rating closer to Anand’s rating. Hiarcs >>7 should easily overpower a GM not as highly rated as Yusupov. > >Ah!! There are a few factors to consider; (1) who is willing to play such a >match; (2) who is willing to pay for such a match; and (3) and for what >reason(s) will the match be played. > >(1) I've broached this possibility with a number of GMs (US Grand Masters with >FIDE ratings over 2500 and with their FIDE GM norm complete) but had no takers >until recently; (2) I am willing to guarantee the prize money to the GM (the >higher rated the more costly the match is likely to be to me); and (3) I am >trying to demonstrate that for under $2,000 hardware (specifically a g3 233 MHZ >Power PC) and for under $100 software (Hiarcs 7, $98) consumers can buy GM level >strength to play against, and learn from. > >I suspect that the GM that will play the match is likely to lose, which should >be a very strong indicator that my contention is correct. If the machine is >totally dominating (4.5-1.5 or better; which I think unlikely), then it is very >possible that I will have underestimated the true strength of the machine and >would imply that I should have sought out a world top 20 player. My best, >present, guess is that the machine will hold the match or win slightly. I am >allowing for the possibility that the machine will be appreciably stronger than >I am suggesting right now (certain features of Hiarcs 7 indicate this may be >so). Only time will tell. > >Regards, >Matt Frank I predict that Hiarcs7 will lose the match. I do not learn nothing from the Rebel-Anand match because Anand did not learn Rebel's weaknesses before the match. My guess is 4-2 for the GM Uri
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